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Contest: Name that Screenshot! (CANCELLED)
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Post by
150645
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Zvina
For tomorrow, I'm still confused about the following:
All you have to do... is tell us the Wowhead page that they come from!
I posted only the links to the page, but on the winner announcement page they had the links to the actual screenshots. Are both accepted, or do you need to link to the screenshot itself and not just the Wowhead page?
Post by
Lighter
Emails times would be nice!
Post by
Tural
I had some issues with the site being incredibly slow after about 5 minutes, which made it very difficult to continue. I don't think a race is the most fair way to manage this, and that's coupled with the uncertainty about the rules, as people above have mentioned. The nature of a race to the first five is very exclusionary to a vast majority of people participating, whether it be due to circumstances they can't control, or a discrepancy in the rules, or whatever, this first day had quite a bit of hurdles that it stumbled on, it would seem. Also, and I haven't read through the thread yet, but it seems like people were able to essentially cheat by other people posting the answers in various threads, this one included.
Post by
Relsny
More info for us random losers -.-
Post by
Vaim
So basically you changed the rules after the contest was over.
That's got to be the stupidest thing you could have done.
You don't change the rules after a contest has started or worse - when it has already ended.
I have no way of knowing if i didn't win only because my wowhead account is my secondary e-mail address or because i wasn't in the first 5.
Thanks.
Post by
XodoK
Submission times would be great.
Post by
Smaragd
Might I ask what the times they clocked in at were?
(when the mails were recieved)
I'll have to say that I wouldn't have registered if it weren't for the fact that the contest required it. A bit devious, but ok. Might even post comments on a few things in the future. (!)
Post by
jeftidastl
For tomorrow, I'm still confused about the following:
All you have to do... is tell us the Wowhead page that they come from!
I posted only the links to the page, but on the winner announcement page they had the links to the actual screenshots. Are both accepted, or do you need to link to the screenshot itself and not just the Wowhead page?
I am also wondering about this, after seeing your posted answer key. Clarification on this point would be excellent if it is a deciding factor between winning and disqualification.
Post by
Xella
can u please post the emails time?
My email was sent at 10:09 AM PST (according to my email timestamps), and I was the second winner.
For what it's worth, I sent my screenshots in the "Screenshot 1 - Name of Screenshot's object/item/NPC: (URL)" format (e.g. " Screenshot 1 - Dirk Thunderwood:
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=16091
"). Don't know if all that was required, but I figured better safe than sorry :)
Good luck to the rest of you the next couple days, and see you back for the figureprint :D
Post by
196738
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Post by
Cogzwell
holy! i got 3 more chances! whats 10 am pacific time in new york?
Post by
Lighter
holy! i got 3 more chances! whats 10 am pacific time in new york?
1 PM iirc
Post by
Georgieanna
Yeah I'm pretty annoyed myself, I can understand why they would want to do people with WoWhead accounts, which makes it hurt more that last night signing up for a WoWhead account is how I found one of my e-mails was only working one way. I didn't want to make another account with another email and just wait for the email to become working, but I guess I really couldn't. I don't really expect any gold stars for that, I just really wanted to get it off my chest.
It's mostly means that despite the time I spent to find the images and send in my submisson and stuff, I was caught up by trying to do things in a way that doesn't leave loose ends on their system and mine. So basically it means I spent alot of time and lost a day of trying to competition. Guess I'll see if I get lucky enough tomorrow to be near my comp at 10.
Post by
Malgayne
So basically you changed the rules after the contest was over.
That's got to be the stupidest thing you could have done.
You don't change the rules after a contest has started or worse - when it has already ended.
I have no way of knowing if i didn't win only because my wowhead account is my secondary e-mail address or because i wasn't in the first 5.
Thanks.
Every submission from every user was considered for today's contest. The only people who were disqualified were the ones who had the wrong answers, who didn't include Wowhead URLs (just the page is fine, you don't need to link to the actual screenshot), or who submitted their entries out of order.
We had intended to apply this rule from the beginning, but since we failed to add the requirement to the contest page, we thought it fair to allow all entries to be considered, even if the winner did not have an active Wowhead account. One of the winners didn't have a Wowhead account at the time of entry, and they've been awarded the prize regardless. For the following contests, you will be required to email us from your actual Wowhead-registered email. :)
Post by
196765
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Post by
Xella
holy! i got 3 more chances! whats 10 am pacific time in new york?
10AM PST = 1PM EST (New York time)
For reference, it's 11AM MST (Mountain), noon CST (Central), 6pm in London, England, and 3am the next day in Sydney, Australia. I'm going to assume those of you in Australia and Europe can convert for your specific timezones from those examples, but if all else fails, google "time zone converter" and you can choose your specific area :)
Post by
55626
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Post by
draiki11
Where are even the screenshots? i don't find them and i have wowhead account
Post by
Lighter
yeah... so basicly i just wasted a good answer by not knowing that i had to have an existing account on wowhead because it didnt say so on the rules.
better luck tomorrow then i guess with an account and all now >_>
Read what was said, you didn't waste it, you just lost.
Every submission from every user was considered for today's contest.
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